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Yes, erosion occurs much faster on Earth and the meteors partially burn up in our dense atmosphere so they will be smaller. Our atmosphere increases friction causing it to slow down. These effects of the atmosphere, however, do little to mitigate the largest impacts. The main factor is that most of the largest impact craters date to the early solar system when very large impacts were more common. Since that time most of Earth's surface has been recycled or greatly deformed through plate tectonics, which Mars does not have. Most of what hasn't been destroyed by plate tectonics has been eroded.

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